Transactions Societv Nava! Architects and Marine Engineers, Vol. 22, 1^14. Plate S9- 



To illustrate /^af^cr on "Rcfiicliiu/ IJ'arships at Sea." by Spencer Miller, Esq., Member. 



i'lG. 2. — The Japaxesk Battleship llizi.x (. I'<JR.mi;kly the Russian Battleship Retvizan) 

 IS Here Seen Taking Coal from Cruiser Asia in the Baltic Sea. The Upper Line 

 is the Main Cable. It Was Help Taut by a Sea Anchor Astern the Asia. The 

 Sea Anchor is Now Regarded as Obsolete. 



Fig. 3. — Preliminary Test — V. S. S. Iowa Coaling from U. S. Collier Vestal, 



